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White House and Politics

Biden’s staff knew one minute before the public did that he was dropping out of the 2024 race. 

Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns. VP Harris gets his nod

Chaos swirling since Biden’s debate flub is causing cracks in a White House known for discipline

2 women who say abortion restrictions put them in medical peril feel compelled to campaign for Biden

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin

Biden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?

Democrats hope Harris’ bluntness on abortion will translate to 2024 wins 

In abortion rights debate, Biden doesn’t often use the word

Capitol police were overrun, little defense against rioters

How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden

Immigration

Trump moves to effectively end asylum at the southern border 

Quiet, confused and exhausted, 11 families who had been detained and separated deported to Guatemala

White House withdraws nomination for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US laws

Analysis: 'Go back' captures core of Trump political agenda  

Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen’s exit

'And now we are alone’: Extended family separated at border

National Security

Feds, States unite on election security after '16

Cabinet of curiosities: 15,000 ink samples at Secret Service

Watchdog: FEMA wrongly released personal data of victims

TSA’s social media highlight weird stuff in travelers’ bags

Most attackers in mass shootings made threats before incident, report finds

Criminal Justice and Legal Affairs

Working the NYC crime beat is a shifting mix of the professionally thrilling and personally agonizing

Babies Behind Bars: Should Moms do time with their newborns? 

Mother testifies about the horror of finding her children slain by nanny 

Cyberstalk victim says she feared tormentor would kill her

Doctor accused of sexual harassment kills 1 at NYC hospital  

'Pharma Bro' gets 7 years in prison in securities fraud case

Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rico nationalist to be freed after more than 30 years in prison

‘Son of Sam’ killer was arrested 40 years ago this week

30th Arrest: Transit Impostor says he needs help, not jail 

MS-13 Street Gang Grips Long Island Suburbs in Violence

Mystery of Etan Patz's disappearance ends in conviction

​Officer's sentence in stairway killing leaves divide, dismay

Perp walks such as Strauss-Kahn's are common in U.S. but rare overseas

Despondent over 2-year saga of fraud, son of Bernard Madoff hangs himself in NYC apartment

Policing 

Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children

Don't look down! NYPD unit does its work at dizzying heights

I signed up for this? Reporter scales Brooklyn Bridge 

Police release 1st footage of fatal shooting caught on body camera

Two NYPD officers shot to death while sitting in their patrol car

Right people, right place, right time: Federal trial on NYPD stop-frisk policy proves window into dept.

Police stop-and-frisk practice growing in big cities

The talk down before the take down: NYPD Arrest Retraining Discourages Verbal Abuse, Physical Violence